Sash-cord guide



1,616,205 L. R. TALBERT SASH CORD GUIDE Filed Jan. 5. 1926 Patented Feb.1, i937.

LEE R. 'IALBERT, OF LONG- BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

SASH-COBJD GUIDE.

Application filed January 5, 1926. Serial No. 79,320.

This invention relates to improvements in are transversely bent so as topresent upper sash cord guides primarily designed to be concave surfaceson which thesash cords C used in connection with window construcareadapted to rest. These tongues theretions. fore provide a support forthe sash cord so An object of this invention is to provide as to supportit above the bottom of the tube a sash cord guide of novel construction,10. On one end of the tube there is prowhich is adapted to be mounted ina window vided a flange 18 which may be welded or frame and support thesash cord where it otherwise secured to the tube. This flange passesthrough the window frame in connecthas apertures 14 formed in it for therecep- 10 ing the counterweight to the window sash. tion of screws inmounting the device upon 60 Another object of this inventioi'i is toproa window frame. If desired, a strip of vide a sash cord guide ofcheap, simple and metal 15 may be fastened to or positioned durableconstruction which may be used in against the under side of the tube,this strip a window frame and which will replace or extending from thelower portion of one 15 serve the same function provided by the tongueto the lower portion of the other and G5 usual pulley. serving as areinforcement for the tongues.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in In mounting the improved sashcord guide view which will be made manifest in the folon a window frame,it is merely necessary lowing detailed description and specifically tobore a hole through the frame and insert pointed out in the appendedclaim, referthe tube 10 in it, afterwards driving screws 79 ence is hadto the accompanying drawings through the apertures 14k in the flange 13.for an'illustrative embodiment of the inven- The sash cord can then bethreaded through tion, wherein: the tube and positioned on top of theFigure 1 is a partial side elevation. parts tongues 11, and 12, it beingretained on top being broken away, illustrating a portion of of thesetongues because of the concave sur- 5 a window on which the improvedguide has faces which they present.

been mounted, From the above described construction it Fig. 2 is avertical section taken substanwill be readily appreciated that animproved tially on the line EZ-.2 of Fig. 1, form of sash cord guide isprovided which is Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the guide, of cheap,simple yet durable construction, 80

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken substanand will efficiently guide thesash cord durtially on the line 4 4: of Fig. 3, and ing the raising orlowering of the sash.

Fig. 5 is a view in end elevation of the It will be understood thatvarious changes guide and may be considered as taken in the in thedetail of construction may be made direction of the arrow 5 on Fig. 3.without departing from the spirit or scope of Referring to theaccompanying drawings the invention as defined by the appended whereinsimilar reference characters desigclaim. nate similar parts throughout,the window I claim: 7 frame is indicated generally at F. in which A sashcord guide comprising a tube two sash S and S are slidable. Sash cordsadapted to be mounted in a window frame C connect their respective sashto counter and through which a sash cord is adapted to weights which arehoused within the pass. and tongues formed upon the ends of frame F. Theimproved sash cord guide the bottom of the tube which are bent upconsists of a tube 10 of sufficient length so wardly and inwardly withtheir ends exthat it can extend completely through the tending towardthe interior of the tube, said 955 window frame F. On the ends of thetube tongues presenting concave upper surfaces at the bottom thereofthere are provided two on which a sash cord is adapted to rest. tongues11 and 12. These tongues are bent In testimony whereof I have signed myupwardly and inwardly so that their ends name to this specification.extend toward the interior of the tube and, LEE R- TALBERT-

